Who is Elena Sofia Ricci: Biography, Age, Height, Movies and Programs, Husband and Daughters
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Elena Sofia Ricci, born Elena Sofia Barruccheri, is an Italian actress well known for her numerous interpretations in movies and television programs of success and for the numerous awards received. She recently played the role of Laura in the series “Live and let live”, the final episode of which aired on Thursday 28 May. He also anticipated that filming will resume shortly God help us 6, series in which she plays Sister Angela.
Who is Elena Sofia Ricci?
- First name: Elena Sofia Ricci
- Date of birth: March 29, 1962
- Age: 58 years old
- Height: 167 cm
- Weight: 56 kg
- Birth place: Florence
- Zodiac sign: Aries
- Profession: Actress
- Tattoos: nobody
- Official Instagram profile: @elenasofiaricci_officialpage
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Biography
Elena Sofia Ricci, born Elena Sofia Barruccheri, was born on March 29, 1962 in Florence, but has lived in Rome since the age of 7. Counted among the best Italian actresses, Elena is the daughter of the historian Paolo Barruccheri and the set designer Elena Ricci Poccetto, as well as being the grandson of the well-known architect Leonardo Ricci. As a child she did ballet with her sister Elisa, who became a dancer. Her parents separate when Elena is still a child and has grown up far from her father whom she will only find when she grows up. One of the best-known actresses in Italy, she made her debut in 1980 in “Here are the cats”.
He said he had a rather tormented youth, in fact in an interview with Vanity Fair he said he had always had to fight with various addictions (alcohol, smoking and men) and declares: “At the age of 20 I was in the balance on those tracks, I fell and fell, on the hoods of the cars, on the ground, in the wrong beds, in anaffective arms. Today if I look back I see ten hells and I think I was very lucky not to fall completely “.
Some time ago the actress confessed that she was victim of violence from a family friend at the age of 12. The confession took place at an apical moment in the career of the actress who kept this painful secret hidden so as not to make her mother suffer, who passed away a few months earlier. Elena to Verissimo, guest of Silvia Toffanin, says she never confessed anything to her mother, as a form of protection, since she had been, unaware, to “Deliver it into the hands of his executioner”.
The actress is very attached to the singer Renato Zero and has performed two of his video clips. She has also been a testimonial for campaigns for the early diagnosis of breast cancer, for Race for the Cure and Save the Children, for SOS Congo and the fight against smoking.
Elena Sofia Ricci Instagram
Work and career
Elena Sofia Ricci is one of the most famous and appreciated actresses in Italy. The actress, with a very long and successful career, made her debut in 198o with Carlo Vanzina’s “Cats arrive” and appears in over 30 films and as many films for TV and television series, thanks to which she obtains numerous awards.
Elena Sofia Ricci Film
Ricci in the cinema is remembered for films such as My sister and I, from 1987, by Carlo Verdone, with which he won the Nastro d’Argento, the David di Donatello and the Ciak d’oro. In 1990 she is the protagonist of We talk about it on Monday, with which he again wins the Ciak d’oro and the David di Donatello. In 2010 he is in Parents & Children – Shake well before use, by Giovanni Veronesi together with Miriam Leone, for which she was nominated for the Golden Ciak and at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for Kinéo Award – Diamonds in the Cinema. Also in 2010 he also starred in Mine Vaganti, by Ferzan Opetek together, among others, with Lunetta Savino, Riccardo Scamarcio, Carolina Crescentini and Alessandro Preziosi. Performs in 2011 stars in All the fault of the music by Ricky Tognazzi. It also participates in international co-productions, including The revolt of the hanged, Un otage de trop, Radetzky. In 2014 he is among the protagonists of the film Fasten your seatbelts from Ferzan Özpetek, alongside Kasia Smutniak. The actress in 2018 is in the film They by Paolo Sorrentino, for which he obtained the Silver Ribbon and the David di Donatello. In 2019 he is in the cast of Super heroes by Paolo Genovese, alongside Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca.
Elena Sofia Ricci Television Programs and Theater
Elena Sofia Ricci has played numerous roles in many successful Italian series. The debut comes in 1984 with Those thirty-six steps and many roles have arrived there. In 1996 she plays Elisa in Caro Maestro and in 1998 she is in The power of love. In 2003 he received the Grolla d’Oro for playing Francesca Morvillo in fiction Giovanni Falcone – The man who challenged the Cosa Nostra. Known for her socially engaged roles, she had roles in All the noises in the world, Siblings, Against All Will and many others. She has been playing the role of Sister Angela in successful fiction since 2011 What God of Helps together with Michele Morrone, Cristiano Caccamo, Diana Del Bufalo, Gianmarco Saurino and Francesca Chillemi, Pilar Fogliati and Maria Chiara Giannetta. He plays a leading role in the series The Cesaroni from 2006 to 2012, alongside Claudio Amendola.
Since 2019 she has been involved in the new Rai Fiction and Bibi Film production, Live and let live, signed by Pappi Corsicato. The series is set in Naples and Elena plays Laura, a mother and cook who will have to face numerous challenges and raise her three children alone.
Elena Sofia Ricci is also active in the theater, staging in 2015 The Blues by Tennessee Williams e Broken glasses by Arthur Miller in 2018. In 2016 he signed his first directing, Mammamiabella!.
Pino Quartullo
Elena Sofia Ricci was married from 1995 to 1997 with the director Pino Quartullo from which in 1996, he has a daughter Emma, who is currently working alongside her mother in Live and let live. Motherhood helped Elena overcome the trauma of violence she suffered as a child. The actress has often hinted that behind the end of the story with Pino there were the numerous betrayals of him. The director, however, denied, declaring that he had not touched any other woman in the three years of marriage.
Later the actress married married Luca Damiani, but the marriage was wrecked due to the betrayal of the latter with Elena’s friend and colleague, Nancy Brilli.
Stefano Manetti and Sons
In 2003 Ricci married the composer Stefano Mainetti, a well-known conductor who conducted the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra of London in 2010. Always a Very true, to Silvia Toffanin, he says, speaking of his relationship with Mainetti, that it took him 40 years to find love. In fact, the two met at 40 and from their relationship was born Maria, the second daughter of the actress who was 43 years old at the time. The two are very close and often Elena publishes on her Instagram profile shots that portray her in the company of her husband.
Daughter Emma Quartullo
Emma Quartullo is the first daughter of Elena Sofia Ricci. Born in 1996 from the relationship with Pino Quartullo, Emma recently made her TV debut in the Rai series Live and let live, where she played Laura – played by her mother – as a young man. Emma has recently admitted to supporting herself with small jobs, such as babysitter. But Elena Sofia Ricci specified that every month she contributes to the expenses of her daughter who, precisely because she lives alone, was encouraged by her parents to earn a living alone.
Curiosity
- She is not against cosmetic surgery, but she believes it is sign of insecurity;
- He quit smoking at 17 and is currently also a teetotaler;
- Secono Libero earns around 150 thousand euros per episode for his fiction;
- His favorite fountain in Rome is the Fontana della Barcaccia, in Piazza di Spagna;
- in 2008 we see it in My friends, with Luisa Ranieri and the comedian Lillo.
Article by Livia Bianchi
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